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Going to college can be an emotional roller coaster. Once you step on campus, you’ve opened yourself up to a whole new world of possibilities, but you can also feel like a stranger in a strange land. Fortunately for new students at UNI, Cat Crew is there to unroll the welcome mat.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Jamie Schissel, a recent University of Northern Iowa graduate from Dubuque, has received a Fulbright scholarship for the 2003-2004 academic year. The grant will send her to central Germany where she will be a teaching assistant through the Padagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD) program. The PAD sends recent graduates to Germany to assist in teaching conversational English and American studies to German students of varying...

Blackout offers lessons on energy useThe lights are back on out East, and the waiting lines at Detroit gas stations have disappeared. But Kamyar Enshayan, program manager for the UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education, was in Toronto when the blackouts occurred, and knows first-hand just how frustrating it was to live without electricity. He says there are serious messages to be learned from the incident. 'The main thing is that...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Native Roadside Vegetation Center (NRVC), located about one-half mile west of Hudson Road on West 27th Street, on the University of Northern Iowa campus, will be dedicated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29. Refreshments and building and plot production tours will follow remarks by dignitaries, including Sen. Charles Grassley and Heather Stubbe, representing Sen. Tom Harkin.Others participating in the dedication, in addition...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- From the performance program 'Voices for Change,' Saturday, Aug. 23, designed to create a safe place to talk about violence on campus, to a 'Welcome Weekend Service Project' to benefit the Cedar Valley Food Bank, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 30, and each day in between, 'Welcome Week' on the University of Northern Iowa campus offers something for everyone. 'Voices for Change' is a thought-provoking program required...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Native Roadside Vegetation Center (NRVC), located about one-half mile west of Hudson Road on West 27th Street, on the University of Northern Iowa campus, will be dedicated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29. Refreshments and building and plot production tours will follow remarks by dignitaries, including Sen. Charles Grassley and Heather Stubbe, representing Sen. Tom Harkin. Others participating in the dedication, in...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa's Malcolm Price Lab School (PLS) and Northern University High School (NUHS) will celebrate the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year with an open house on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The event begins at 5 p.m., with classrooms open, teachers on hand, and a PLS scavenger hunt. At 5:30 p.m., the school's boosters will offer meals for sale, and at 6:15 p.m. the falls sports and activities kick-off...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Department of Earth Science will celebrate a once in a lifetime opportunity when Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in 60,000 years. The department will open the Hillside Observatory to the public at 9 p.m., Wednesday Aug. 27, for a chance to see the red planet through the observatory's 16-inch telescope. UNI professor of astronomy Siobahn Morgan says the relatively close...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Students moving into the 10 residence halls at the University of Northern Iowa will get help from UNI students, faculty and staff, Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 21-23. The UNI Move-In Crew members will be wearing bright blue T-shirts with this year's theme, 'Groovin' Move-In,' printed on them. The Move-In Crew will be working on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 22, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- By the end of the week, some 3,800 students are expected to be moved into their rooms in the 10 residence halls on the University of Northern Iowa campus. Along with parents and family members, they will get help from more than 100 students who have signed on as part of the move-in crew that will provide assistance Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 21-23. Lyn Redington, UNI associate director of residence, says a...

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The UNI Education Summit will take place Nov. 14-15. International, national and regional leaders in education gather to discuss current research, practices and policies relating to education. UNI Contact: Ralph Reynolds